All fair points.
packers21 wrote:I am fine being singled out, and I love talking basketball and discussing. I have read through the proposal multiple times. The kids that are going to play sports are going to play them no matter what, there are kids these days that just do not want to put in time and effort and it wont matter to them if they play on team that wins 20 games a year.
You may be right. Think it might take a few years and some new blood in each of these programs to turn it around. Believe it's worth a shot.
packers21 wrote:I am not against a change in basketball, I do not hate this plan and if it passes I will still watch as much basketball as I can. There will still be plenty of 50 point games and you will have 2 state tournaments on the same weekend and I do no think you will have 2,000 ppl attend the A tournament.
50 point losses will occur but will bet it's reduced by 75%. As for the state tournaments, I agree if they keep them on the same weekend. That has to change. It automatically sets the proposal up for failure. It's bad for the fans, teams and in my opinion an economic disaster. Really makes no sense to me. However, if they figure out a way to get them on separate weekends, I will be attending both. Quit going to state tourneys about 5 years ago due to same old, same old. However, believe the middle class might turn in to the best division to watch for old school guys.
packers21 wrote:It doesn't matter how many classes you have, the same problems are going to exist. I could tell you right now with 95% accuracy in B and 99% in A who would be going to state over and over again. Is that the end goal? No, but it should be a goal.
Agree it's a goal. I'm a betting man, I will bet you cannot fulfill the predictions stated above the first year if it's passed. To make another bet, I will predict next year's class b tourney, but will be at >= 87.5%.
packers21 wrote:Do not let this plan fool you into think someone is out to save the little schools, this has been thrown out bc of who is on certain boards right now and its a better plan for the bigger schools and they small school just think it will work out better for them.
I hope you're wrong, but you may be right. Almost sounds like an old song.
packers21 wrote:If you have a complaint about scheduling competitive games, schedule different opponents. Most schools have 6-10 games a season they can play anyone they want.
Still have to play X many games in your district and region. Those turn out to be the most important games and generally against your biggest rivals. Getting smoked by the top teams each year kind of sets the tone for the district and region tourneys. Kind of deflating if you know what I mean.